Alec Boy Name

The name Alec is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of Alexander.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Alec has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Alec

Use of the Name Alec for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

41,647

40,247

38,104

25,317

9,212

2,834

1,313

The table below indicates the number of times the name Alec has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Alec

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

572

11

1881

708

7

1882

693

8

1883

894

5

1884

767

7

1885

641

9

1886

962

5

1887

928

5

1888

704

9

1889

1890

603

11

1891

843

6

1892

1893

1894

956

6

1895

1896

641

12

1897

944

6

1898

1899

1900

650

15

1901

1902

795

9

1903

913

7

1904

611

14

1905

700

12

1906

1907

815

11

1908

878

10

1909

714

15

1910

708

18

1911

859

15

1912

997

21

1913

777

37

1914

771

47

1915

804

57

1916

1917

749

69

1918

861

59

1919

851

60

1920

815

67

1921

822

69

1922

889

60

1923

911

56

1924

993

50

1925

926

53

1926

1927

922

55

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

908

53

1947

835

68

1948

913

56

1949

941

54

1950

966

51

1951

938

55

1952

836

70

1953

1954

1955

1956

855

76

1957

868

75

1958

816

84

1959

769

98

1960

761

101

1961

801

90

1962

877

75

1963

855

77

1964

726

112

1965

687

117

1966

683

117

1967

756

95

1968

764

94

1969

796

94

1970

796

105

1971

789

103

1972

859

87

1973

854

86

1974

1975

912

80

1976

845

97

1977

874

93

1978

876

96

1979

917

91

1980

780

125

1981

760

131

1982

717

147

1983

598

203

1984

543

253

1985

512

290

1986

443

378

1987

415

443

1988

437

427

1989

370

603

1990

271

979

1991

200

1,535

1992

172

1,867

1993

154

2,087

1994

109

3,319

1995

112

3,421

1996

117

3,307

1997

123

3,136

1998

112

3,352

1999

132

2,889

2000

156

2,477

2001

172

2,154

2002

206

1,747

2003

226

1,521

2004

246

1,313

Totals:

41,647

0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Alec as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Alec appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 93 times during the last 125 years.